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Talk Point: Is India’s march for science political, necessary or just misinformed?

On 14 April, scientists and research scholars from at least 20 cities in India will join over 600 cities across the globe to March for Science. The effort is to encourage scientific temper among the masses in an era of misinformation and dearth of funding in science research.

The science behind the optical illusion that has gone viral on social media

Several photos have surfaced where identical copies of pictures of a road placed side-by-side look different. What causes our brain to misinterpret something like that?

Stephen Hawking was a trailblazer who tried to merge quantum physics & general relativity

"If we do discover a theory of everything… it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason — for then we would truly know the mind of God."

Stephen Hawking leaves us with three important legacies

Hawking’s growing knowledge about the universe, loss of bodily control, and the fragility of life pushed him to take confident stands on subjects dear to him.

If Stephen Hawking was born in India, he’d have been a wasted genius, locked in an ashram

Hawking came to India in 2001 and we watched the Archaeological Survey of India go scurrying for makeshift ramps at Red Fort. It stirred our conscience.

Science can’t survive in the Hindu Rashtra, Satyapal Singh’s theory on Darwinism is proof

The political project of creating a Hindu Rashtra, where religion is a requirement for citizenship itself, necessitates an attack on science, history and art.

For 31 years after his death, Homi Bhabha’s office room was unoccupied

The secular condolence ceremony for Homi Bhabha of which no photographs were found has remained firmly etched in the scientists’ memory.

Sabotage or accident? The theories about how India lost nuclear energy pioneer Homi Bhabha

Bhabha died on this day in 1966, 3 months after he said India could make an atom bomb in 18 months. Was it sabotage? Or just an accident?

विज्ञान में श्रेष्ठ हुआ भारत, 2017 रहा सुखद सफलताओं भरा वर्ष

2017 में भारतीय अनुसंधानकर्ताओं ने अंतरिक्ष विज्ञान से लेकर जीवन विज्ञान तक में शोध के क्षेत्र में महत्वपूर्ण योगदान दिए.

2017 was a banner year for Indian science

In 2017, Indian researchers made significant contributions to R&D across a broad spectrum of fields spanning across space sciences to life sciences.

On Camera

UPSC Civil Services Exam has been reduced to a memory test. That’s not how you select officers

India’s civil services were once called the ‘steel frame’. But steel is forged in fire, not moulded in a coaching class. While dilution has made the exam easier, it has also made it harder to find the game-changers we need.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.